Military killed ‘key al Qaeda leader’ twice.
By on Jul 6th, 2007 at 11:15 am
Military killed ‘key al Qaeda leader’ twice.
“The U.S. command in Baghdad this week ballyhooed the killing of a key al Qaeda leader but later admitted that the military had declared him dead a year ago. A military spokesman acknowledged the mistake after it was called to his attention by The Examiner. He said public affairs officers will be more careful in announcing significant kills.”
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F*cking amateur
July 6th, 2007 at 11:17 amClinton’s fault!
July 6th, 2007 at 11:18 amHe’s the Lazarus of the terrerist wurld. Just can’t keep a good terrerist down.
July 6th, 2007 at 11:19 amEasy mistake to make - Arabic names can be 25 words long.
July 6th, 2007 at 11:19 amBut seriously, folks, if they are resorting to exhuming corpses, shooting them again and bragging, you know they’re in deepest shit.
July 6th, 2007 at 11:20 amNews Flash!
“Saddam Hussein has just been found, hiding in a hole!
“Er, well, what we mean is, someone dug him up,
July 6th, 2007 at 11:21 amlooking for his pistol…”
BAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
You can fool the bible lovers all of the time…
July 6th, 2007 at 11:21 amOh man! This is TOO much!
You think this is good? Just wait til we catch Saddam….again.
July 6th, 2007 at 11:21 amI’m surprised bin Laden hasn’t been “killed” several times by now.
July 6th, 2007 at 11:22 ampublic affairs officers will be more careful in announcing significant kills —– See, now you’d think that you’d wanna ‘be more careful’ before making those kinds of announcements in the first place.
July 6th, 2007 at 11:23 amThe military PR guys probably assumed no one would notice. “Hell, let’s list this guy again. It’s not like anyone remembers their names.”
Busted.
July 6th, 2007 at 11:24 amCB, RUCerious, Raven - ya’ll are hilarious!
LOL
July 6th, 2007 at 11:24 amCareful Higgins, you’re starting to sound like one of us….
I used to be a conservative once… Now look at me. I’m more liberal than my friends who I used to call the Clintonites…
To be utterly clear, I’m still NOT hitting on you, and will not be. It’s possible for men and women to have a dialog without wanting to exchange body fluids.
July 6th, 2007 at 11:26 amun ~
July 6th, 2007 at 11:28 amG’MORNIN!
What you are missing is that all guys think dialog has only one useful outcome!
Is this like Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, trying to schedule a meeting with Senator Craig Thomas from Wyoming that had passed away.
July 6th, 2007 at 11:29 amHere is the link.
I know, they all look alike, right?
July 6th, 2007 at 11:30 amWTF
Unbelievable - I, too, used to call myself a Republican. Then the Republican party got hijacked and pulled so far to the right that I ended up being a bleeding heart liberal.
July 6th, 2007 at 11:31 amMission Accomplished! Ummm… again! Kinda. Well, maybe not this second time. But we sure accomplished that mission the first time. We think.
July 6th, 2007 at 11:32 amMaybe the report a year ago was actually a forecast and it’s now all falling into place just as the decider decided.
yeah, that’s it.
July 6th, 2007 at 11:32 amIt’s possible for men and women to have a dialog without wanting to exchange body fluids.
Comment by unbelievable
Awright, if you say so…..your loss. ;)
July 6th, 2007 at 11:32 amIt’s possible for men and women to have a dialog without wanting to exchange body fluids.
Comment by unbelievable
Thats what all women say. :D
July 6th, 2007 at 11:33 amThey have also killed or captured Al Qaeda’s “number two” leader at least five times.
July 6th, 2007 at 11:33 amunbelievable -
Careful Higgins, you’re starting to sound like one of us….—- Uh oh! Don’t tell my handlers!
July 6th, 2007 at 11:33 amUnbelievable - I, too, used to call myself a Republican. Then the Republican party got hijacked and pulled so far to the right that I ended up being a bleeding heart liberal.
Comment by bobcat_grad — July 6, 2007 @ 11:31 am
I hear it hurts when they buff out the horns and hoofed feet - is it true?
July 6th, 2007 at 11:33 amHow many #2’s does Alqaeda have ????
that a really top heavy organization.
July 6th, 2007 at 11:34 amThey have also killed or captured Al Qaeda’s “number two†leader at least five times.
Comment by VerbalKint
Yeah, but that little bastard was like, part vampire/part werewolf or somethin’. Just when you thought he was dead,…the f*cker’d start getting up again.
July 6th, 2007 at 11:35 amThe military PR guys probably assumed no one would notice. “Hell, let’s list this guy again. It’s not like anyone remembers their names.â€
Busted.
Comment by gummitch — July 6, 2007 @ 11:24 am
I’d be willing to go with a variation on this: the by standers are asked to identify said stiff and they are using joke Arabic names just to hear the American soldiers here them say the words:
GI: “And this one is?”
Iraqi: “‘I’m a camel’s ass’, Effendi”
GI: “Cool and this?”
Iraqi: “‘My balls were bitten off by a goat’, Effendi”
Gi: “Two ‘t’s in ‘bitten’?”
Iraqi: “Yes Effendi”
“Welease, Woger!”
July 6th, 2007 at 11:36 amThis was clearly an inside job to make the military look bad, cleverly perpetrated by an America hating Liberal…
July 6th, 2007 at 11:36 amSilver bullets, people. Silver bullets.
July 6th, 2007 at 11:37 amDick Cheney died 2 years ago.
July 6th, 2007 at 11:38 amoops. He’s still alive plotting more evil crap.
It’s possible for men and women to have a dialog without wanting to exchange body fluids.
Comment by unbelievable — July 6, 2007 @ 11:26 am
It is??? Huh. Whoda thunk it? Geez, I could of used that information when I was young and in college :-)
Back on topic… Have we ever captured or killed Al Qaeda’s #2 guy, for the umpteenth time???
July 6th, 2007 at 11:39 amClearly AdaDad hasn’t put down the crack pipe.
July 6th, 2007 at 11:39 amThis was clearly an inside job to make the military look bad, cleverly perpetrated by an America hating Liberal…
Comment by AkaDud — July 6, 2007 @ 11:36
Please, if you would be so kind, point out where it was “clearly” an inside job, as well as how this makes the military “look bad”. Also, please indicate where a liberal hates America. I am looking for specific examples (links would help), not your opinion.
July 6th, 2007 at 11:42 amThanks
I guess I need to be more ridiculous and over the top for people to see the satire…
July 6th, 2007 at 11:48 amPathetic…you know, if you’re going to lie to us, at least have the common decency to lie well…
July 6th, 2007 at 11:48 amHiggins seems kinda cute….for a gay boy.
July 6th, 2007 at 11:50 amI like girls Higgins, just kidding.
Now stop being such a letch. It’s my job.
July 6th, 2007 at 11:51 amSo, like, has anyone heard from the #1 al Kayder dude lately?
July 6th, 2007 at 11:51 amRUC : But seriously, folks, if they are resorting to exhuming corpses, shooting them again and bragging, you know they’re in deepest shit. - - I think they’re following Sean Connery’s lead from The Untouchables when he shot an already dead goombah to coerce Capone’s accountant to squeal.
July 6th, 2007 at 11:51 amNow stop being such a letch. It’s my job.
Comment by ForTruth
What? A little free-market competition too much for you? lol
July 6th, 2007 at 11:55 amMaybe the Terrorists are Zombies?
We now have something else to fear…ZOMBIE TERRORISTS!
July 6th, 2007 at 12:01 pmI knew it! Terrorist zombies are coming to our shores to eat our brains!!!
July 6th, 2007 at 12:02 pmThey don’t hate our freedom, … they love our BRAINS!!!!!
July 6th, 2007 at 12:04 pmSo many lies upon lies upon lies— who knows what is really going on.
Even they can’t keep track of them.
Let me guess, they announced the first killing of the resurected terrorist right after a coruption story hit the press or right before the election.
July 6th, 2007 at 12:06 pmThis is scary. Apparently their God likes them more than our God likes us. If He’s bringing their fighters back from the dead, we are in deep trouble! Maybe we can have our priests have a pray-off against their priests. Whichever side gets struck by lightning or eaten by bears is the looser. If both sides get smitten, then our forces will just have to shoot all the dead terrorists in the head. Kill the brain and you kill the ghoul.
July 6th, 2007 at 12:08 pmWait a minute…..
Doesn’t that make Jesus a Zombie?
I’m not sayin….but I’m just sayin.
Does a candidate have to worship a Zombie in order to get elected here?
July 6th, 2007 at 12:09 pmSo, by extension, there have only been 36,560 civilian deaths in Iraq. . . ?
http://www.iraqbodycount.org/
July 6th, 2007 at 12:10 pm“smitten” ? Comment by Leporello
smitten; or smiten or smoted or smucked?
July 6th, 2007 at 12:11 pmwilly, a zombie is undead, Jesus was brought back to life. Zombies are still dead.
July 6th, 2007 at 12:11 pmBut Lazarus was a Zombie. Definitely.
Maybe it was just Republican Humor that we don’t get? They think killing and death is hillarious, so maybe we just missed the joke.
July 6th, 2007 at 12:12 pmIf he was brought back to life, why didn’t he get a job?
He couldn’t because they had no “hire a Zombie” laws in those days. Like the terrorists do now. It’s all right there.
July 6th, 2007 at 12:14 pmMaybe it was just Republican Humor that we don’t get? They think killing and death is hillarious, so maybe we just missed the joke.
Comment by Parrotlover77
Pretty insightful, except for the fact that I am not a Republican, and that we are making fun of the lie about the Al Queda leader being killed twice, so we are making fun of the Administration not being able to keep up with their own lies about the occupation.
But, you were pretty close.
July 6th, 2007 at 12:17 pmHe couldn’t because they had no “hire a Zombie†laws in those days. Like the terrorists do now. It’s all right there.
Comment by willyloman — July 6, 2007 @ 12:14 pm
The undead do the jobs the living “just won’t do.”
July 6th, 2007 at 12:18 pmYeah, you don’t have to pay zombies a living wage
July 6th, 2007 at 12:20 pmThe undead do the jobs the living “just won’t do.â€
Comment by toasterhead — July 6, 2007 @ 12:18 pm
Yeah, you don’t have to pay zombies a living wage
Comment by Wilco
“TOOK “R JOBS!!” south park
July 6th, 2007 at 12:22 pmYou’re the military leader and/or spokeman in Baghdad that admitted somebody was killed twice?
July 6th, 2007 at 12:27 pmYou’re the military leader and/or spokeman in Baghdad that admitted somebody was killed twice?
Comment by Parrotlover77
I don’t get it. First I was a Republican, now I am the spokesman? It’s very difficult for me to follow….
unless….
It’s ZOMBIE LOGIC!!
the logic of the UNDEAD!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
July 6th, 2007 at 12:35 pmI don’t get it either. I wasn’t originally responding to a post you wrote, I was responding to the article. Either way, I think you are right. It’s ZOMBIE LOGIC!!!
July 6th, 2007 at 12:38 pmUnlikely dumbed down American public would notice. There is another AL CiAda terrorist they have reported killed numerous times. Ofcourse Propaganda news networks fail to mention these facts…Wonder why?
What matters is what is going on with Paris Hilton and buying my next six pack…
Wake Up Sheeple….
July 6th, 2007 at 12:53 pmIf this key leader is anything like a cat, he’s got 7 more lives to go.
July 6th, 2007 at 12:57 pmAlso, I don’t think politicians or the media should be allowed to discuss al-Qa’ida unless they can spell and pronounce it correctly.
July 6th, 2007 at 1:06 pmHey AkaDad-
Don’t worry. Not everyone here is too thick skulled to see your sarcasm. As for you other idiots… Jeez!!
July 6th, 2007 at 1:12 pmDid someone say Paris Hilton?
July 6th, 2007 at 1:14 pm“Night of the Living Islamists”. The horror.
July 6th, 2007 at 1:51 pmLook Americans will believe what ever the White House says. Don’t be surprised if you see Saddam reappear or Ken Lay. Saddam had many men made to look like him. Ken Lay was never seen by police and quickly buried. With his case being dismissed and his wife getting all the stolen money look for Kenny boy to be living it up on an island. Americans would rather believe the lies and make themselves feel good then face the truth that the Bush Administration has been lying from day one. Yes all those young soldiers died based on lies and got no medical treatment while Americans believe the liar in Chief. The media and talk shows have help spread the lies and Americans just set back and say oh well there’s nothing we can do about it. All this talk about Christian values yet the GOP is following Satan’s orders. No wonder foreign people don’t understand how Americans got so dumb.
One person got it right at the UN about who runs the United States of America and that person was Chavez and the truth hurts.
July 6th, 2007 at 1:54 pmDid someone say Paris Hilton?
Comment by ForTruth — July 6, 2007 @ 1:14 pm
No, no, Paris isn’t a zombie (if not for the drugs and booze), she’s an anorexic skeleton.
July 6th, 2007 at 1:57 pmThe alleged ‘number 2 top Al-CiaDuh’ man they claimed to get. Well he has been in prison in Egypt for 7 years. Funny how the magical Al Kaydees can be in Egypt lockdown and Irak AT THE SAME TIME! Not to mention make those miracle cell phone calls on 911 that were not technologically possible. Those Al Kaydees are better than Copperfield, demolishing skyscrapers with a little bit of jet fuel which instantaniously burned in a fireball outside the structures. Al Kaydees can break laws of physics and mechanics the rest of us cannot break, Besides they can be hijackers of planes, and die in those plane crashes, YET abracadabra… they can also still be living years later. Not to mention NO ARABS were on those flight manifests, beither was there any Arab DNA found at ground zero. Yes indeedy, those Al Kaydees are amazing miracle workers AND live longer than those masked friday the 13th type scary movie villans, who never die no matter how many times you kil them.
BTW- all of my claims can be verfied by searching either Whatreallyhappened.com’s site search, archives and especially index.
Pls people know Faux News is FAUX, That is WHY THEY CALL IT PROGRAMMING! ;-)
Peace Out-
July 6th, 2007 at 1:58 pmCould it be that they are just making up all these claims of Al Qaeda leader kills? Nah, our government would never lie to us, never, unheard of, ridiculous.
July 6th, 2007 at 2:06 pmOh wait they lied us into the war in the first place.
Wow, the Armchair Generals are out in full force today. Since probably over 90% of the people who are posting have never been in the military let alone deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, let me tell you how hard it is to actually confirm a major terrorist’s death. Many times we only hear it through second or third hand soruces and almost never have an actual body in order to confirm whether they are dead or alive. Chances are when we thought we killed this guy the first time, he just maintained a real low profile in order to feed the rumors of his death.
July 6th, 2007 at 2:08 pmLOCKHART: And, Joker… where’s the weenie?
JOKER: Sir?
LOCKHART: The Kill, JOKER. The kill. I mean, all that fire, the grunts must’ve hit something.
JOKER: Didn’t see ‘em.
LOCKHART: Joker, I’ve told you, we run two basic stories here. Grunts who give half their pay to buy gooks toothbrushes and deodorants–Winning of Hearts and Minds–okay? And combat action that results in a kill–Winning the War. Now you must have seen blood trails… drag marks?
JOKER: It was raining, sir.
LOCKHART: Well, that’s why God passed the law of probability. Now rewrite it and give it a happy ending–say, uh, one kill. Make it a sapper or an officer. Which?
JOKER: Whichever you say.
LOCKHART: Grunts like reading about dead officers.
JOKER: Okay, an officer. How about a general?
LOCKHART: Joker, maybe you’d like our guys to read the paper and feel bad. I mean, in case you didn’t know it, this is not a particularly popular war. Now, it is our job to report the news that these why-are-we-here civilian newsmen ignore.
July 6th, 2007 at 2:11 pmhttp://www.mediaresearch.org/ realitycheck/ 2006/ fax20060612.asp
This might be an eye opener for some.
July 6th, 2007 at 2:20 pmCoalition Forces Kill, Detain Terrorists June 14, 2007
Kamal Jalil Bakr ‘Uthman, also known as Sa’id Hamza, was known to be the al Qaeda in Iraq military emir of Mosul. Intelligence reports indicate he planned, coordinated and facilitated suicide bombings in the Mosul area. Also, he facilitated the movement of more than 100 foreign fighters through safe houses in the area, and orchestrated attacks against Iraqi and coalition forces.
Coalition forces targeted ‘Uthman yesterday as part of their operations to disrupt the al Qaeda in Iraq senior leader network in Mosul. As they entered his residence, ‘Uthman rushed into another room and reached under a mattress. Coalition forces reacted to the hostile threat, engaged ‘Uthman and killed him. The troops later found a suicide vest under the mattress.
Coalition forces had detained ‘Uthman during an operation in August 2006. He was released from the Iraqi judicial system in April 2007, and intelligence reports indicate he was planning a six-vehicle suicide bomb attack to avenge his detention.
“We have taken another very dangerous terrorist off the streets of Iraq, and we will continue to deplete the senior leadership of al Qaeda in Iraq,” Garver said.
It’s all rather odd and confusing. So, on June 13 they thought he was still alive and released from custody in April 2007.
July 6th, 2007 at 2:32 pmMilitary killed ‘key al Qaeda leader’ twice — Not true! We just ‘winged’ him the first time around.
Military killed ‘key al Qaeda leader’ twice —- yeah well, He looked all ’shifty-eyed’ …in BOTH eyes…what were we s’posed to do?
July 6th, 2007 at 2:33 pmOn further reflection on the article “Coalition Forces Kill, Detain Terrorists”
July 6th, 2007 at 2:37 pmin defenselink news, I’ll bet they were wrong the FIRST time when they reported his death. Rather than say so, they’re going to go with the “oops, it’s a historical document” response.
I know how to rid the world of Al Qaeda….Send them all to Dick Cheney’s hunting camp.
July 6th, 2007 at 2:54 pmUS Mil spokesman press meet:
In Nam today 2000 VC where killed today… ops soli in Grenada 2,000 commies were killed sorry I mean in Lebonnan 2,000 bad guyes where erased sorry I mean in Ay-ray 2,000 dead enders/no hopers/ bruce wilis die harders met their maker…… some one give me a new script……..
July 6th, 2007 at 3:05 pmTP can save a lot of headline-writing time by using the formula “Snow falsely claims…” from this point forward.
July 6th, 2007 at 3:13 pmJust fill in the appropriate lie.
KILL ‘EM AGAIN!!!!!!!
July 6th, 2007 at 4:41 pmThe notion that the US military were “set up” is one I dismissed. When did they ever need help to shoot themselves in the foot?
July 6th, 2007 at 5:17 pmThis is scary. Apparently their God likes them more than our God likes us. If He’s bringing their fighters back from the dead, we are in deep trouble! Maybe we can have our priests have a pray-off against their priests. Whichever side gets struck by lightning or eaten by bears is the looser. If both sides get smitten, then our forces will just have to shoot all the dead terrorists in the head. Kill the brain and you kill the ghoul.
July 6th, 2007 at 5:40 pmBBC
July 2007 news from Britain:
Three young men (Hassain Maji, Kolami Ashad, Elihom Hakmad) tried to blow up a double-decker bus today in London.
May 2007 news from Britain:
Five young men (Khalid Khaliq, Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan, Mohammad Sidique Khan, Hasib Hussain,Shaqi Hassamak were on trial for attempting to blow up with explosives the Piccadilly Line in London
London authorities where trying to determine the reason for these recent attacks. Some fear that gridlock and poor service by the public transportation system here is responsible for causing these horrendous attacks. Officials are looking into making the mass transit more user friendly to prevent future complaints.
July 6th, 2007 at 6:37 pmApparently Bush is trying to do some Neuro-Linguistic programming. That is why we only kill the No. 2 guy at Al-Qaida.
July 6th, 2007 at 6:52 pmHe wants everyone to associate Al-Qaida with number 2.
Apparently Bush is trying to do some Neuro-Linguistic programming. That is why we only kill the No. 2 guy at Al-Qaida.
He wants everyone to associate Al-Qaida with number 2.
Comment by John B
Or MAYBE in the case of the #1 Al Queda, Osama bin Laden,
Bush says he’s “not important”.
“Besides, my DAD was in a meeting at the Ritz Carlton in DC with Osama’s brother Saleem on the morning of 9/11. Leave our FRIENDS alone!”
July 6th, 2007 at 7:55 pmThis is a classic example of why we are losing the war in Iraq. The right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing. The killing or capture of al Qaeda leaders in Iraq is of no significant value. Instead we should be focusing on the killing or capture of bin Laden which this administration outsourced to the locals in Afghanistan. Bush let him go at Tora Bora and now we are paying the price for it. From top to bottom all we find in this administration is complete incompetence the likes we have never seen.
July 6th, 2007 at 10:21 pmGeorge Bush - Osama binLaden is not important
July 7th, 2007 at 3:25 amQuote: How many #2’s does Alqaeda have ????
that a really top heavy organization.
Comment by Jebus Love me — July 6, 2007 @ 11:34 am
A top heavy organization like the Bush S-administration??
July 7th, 2007 at 9:13 am“He said public affairs officers will be more careful in announcing significant kills”
As if it were a mistake instead of obvious propaganda.
July 7th, 2007 at 10:10 amfool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me
July 7th, 2007 at 10:45 amkill me once set me free, kill me twice set you fool
Military Intellegence?
July 7th, 2007 at 12:40 pmWelcome to the Rabbit Hole or Frat boys in Wonderland.
Brought to you by the pliably supine stenographers in mass media.
“The more corrupt the republic, the more numerous the laws.”
~~Tacitus
July 9th, 2007 at 12:44 amI have one question. Seeing as we killed him twice, does this mean that he gets 146 virgins instead of the normal 73 when he arrives in Allah Land?
July 9th, 2007 at 1:38 amRead the FRIGGIN ARTICLE you LOONs. Good Lord you Soldier hating bunch of rabid loons cannot wait to attack; you don’t even bother to read the article.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:01 am“When The Examiner pointed out that Uthman’s death had been announced twice, a command spokesman said in an e-mail, “You are correct that we did previously announce that we killed him. This was a roll up to show an overall effort against [al Qaeda in Iraq]. We can probably do a better job on saying ‘previously announced’ when we do long-term roll ups to show an overall effort.”"
My God you people are ignorant just as parnsips pointed out. I actually went to read the article. There was nothing insiduous about this at all. The military reported the deaths over a period of time and he was included in two reports. When you understand what they were telling the reader it is clear they are not announcing his death “twice” simply reporting it twice. You DUMMIES.
July 9th, 2007 at 9:09 am